Collar clasp



A. E. GARDNER.

COLLAR CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED IuNE 4, 1921.

,430,804; Patented Oct. 3, 1922.

gwue'nofo HL man maw/YER Patented Urt, 3, 192%,

ALFRED GARENER,

COLLAR GLAS?.

.Application filed June 4L,

T0 all whom 'it may concer/a.'

Be it known that l, ALFRED lil. GARDNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wlichita, Kansas, have invented certain .new and useful improvements in a Collar Clasp, ot which the following` is a specification, reif erence being` had therein to the accompanying drawing,

This invention comprises a collar clasp. it is contemplated to produce a device ot this character which may be made in resilient wire or the like, cheaply, the component portions carrying pin points ior insei-tion in portions ot a collar and having` a pulling action which tends to keep the collar `flap trom bending or crumpling, wherein a hook is provided on one component and an eye on the other, insuring` the maintaining ot' the collar iiaps in close relationship when the device is applied; wherein the entire device is placed so as to be invisible when used in connection with a necltie7 being so placed as to be hidden by the tie and held in place by it; and wherein a portion of each component is constructed to maintain the hook and eye portions in bent back relationship to the front of the collar so as to provide resting space tor the tie.

Other objects and advantages will in part be apparent and in part be brought out in the specification.

A drawing is annexed, illustrating an emn bodiment ot the invention, the following views being shown:

Fig. l, is a view in front elevation showing the invention applied to a collar, the tie being removed;

Fig. 2, is a rear elevation ot the same, portions ot the collar being' broken away;

Fig. 3, is a view in top plan showing the device detachedifrom the collar;

Fig. t, is a view in transverse section on line 44 ot' Fig. l.

In these views 1 and 2 designate component members constituting the collar clasp. Each component comprises a central portion 3, in one instance formed to consti,- tute an eye, and upon the other formed to constitute a hook. From this central portion there entend spaced apart arms Ll, non mail;Y enten ding outwardly :trom the central portions and diverging toward their out- 'ward extremities, but approximately in parallelisni when inserted as shown in Figs. l. and 2. For the purpose et insertion other arms 5 are e aided .in angular relationship to arms a'-, ano provided at their extremities with pointed or pin portions for insertion in the inner lining ci? a collar ila-p. By having arms made ot resilient material and G0 diverging, they may be pressed together when inserting the pin points and thus create a stretching or pulling action at the extremities ot.' arms which tends to keep the collar flap from wrinlrling. 55

hleans are provided for holding back the hook and eye portions of the components so as to provide a space for a tie, as best seen in Fig. ils. To this end each arm 5, is provided, intermediate its ends, with a looped portion 6, set at an angle to the plane oit the arms si, so that when in engagement with and bearing against a portion of the collar flap, these looped portions will hold the arms fl back in angular relation to the 7 5 plane ot the .tront oit the collar to provide a space tor the tie.

l/Vhile the invention is illustrated in the embodiment here shown, minor changes are contemplated within the scope thereof as set forth in the claims.

llilhat l claim is:

l. A collar clasp comprising a hook component; an eye component cooperating therewith; arms extending from each component in divergent relationship and adapted to be pressed together at their extremities;` other arms in angular relationship tothese iirst mentioned arms and provided at their extremities with points tor insertion in a collar flap; and means associated with certain ot the arms, extending outwardlyat an angle to the plane et the arms, and adapted to bear against the collar, for holding the hoolr and eye components back from the collar when a tie is inserted.

2. A collar clasp comprising components having a central portion formed to constitute a hook on one component and an eye on the other; arms extending from each component and diverging outwardly there- Jfrom; other arms carriedV by the' first mentioned arnis, in angular relation thereto and provided at their extremities With points for insertion in a collar flap; and looped portions disposed on these arms in angular relation to the plane of the diverging arms and adapted to bear against a portion of 10 the collar flap to force the hook and eye components outwardly in spaced relation to a portion of the collar.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ALFRED E. GARDNER. 

